The act of raising something; 'he responded with a lift of his eyebrow'; 'fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up' a ride in a car; 'he gave me a lift home' the act of giving temporary assistance one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground remove from a surface; 'the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table' take off or away by decreasing; 'lift the pressure' remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; 'lift the tulip bulbs' remove by scalping put an end to; 'lift a ban'; 'raise a siege' rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; 'The floor is lifting slowly' raise in rank or condition; 'The new law lifted many people from poverty' call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs make audible; 'He lifted a war whoop' take out of the ground; 'lift potatoes' take hold of something and move it to a different location; 'lift the box onto the table' move upwards; 'lift one's eyes' pay off.

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.

That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

To bear; to support.

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

To steal; to carry off by theft ; as, to lift a drove of cattle.

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.

To live by theft.

Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.

Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.

That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.

Handle.

An exercising machine.

Rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.

Lift gate.

See Lift gate, below.

Rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Layer of leather in the heel.

The act of giving temporary assistance.

The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity.

The event of something being raised upward; 'an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon'; 'a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity'.

Wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground.

Powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill.

Device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg.

One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot.

Lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building.

Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; 'some actresses have more than one face lift'.

The force generated by the movement of air across the wings of an aircraft When enough lift is generated to overcome the weight of an aircraft.

When flying, a kite generates lift or upward force like an airplane wing Lift is proportional to the square of the apparent wind velocity.

The upward motion of the ball imparted by the fingers at the point of release.

The upward reaction of an aircraft to the flow of air air forced over the shape of the wing The front and rear wings of ground effect cars are shaped like inverted wings to create downforce or negative lift.

The mysterious force that wings generate An aeroplane only stays up because the wings are pushing air down so hard that the weight of the machine is supported Basically a wing is just an inclined flat surface and a lot of lift is generated simply by it meeting the air at speed and at a slight upward angle This is how a kite flies However even more air is deflected down by the top surface due to its cunningly curved profile Additional lift is derived from the Bernoulli Effect which occurs when air travelling over the top of the wing actually speeds up in relation to the air around it An increase in speed leads to a decrease in pressure and so a suction effect is created Strangely the top of the wing creates two thirds of the total lift, and the bottom surface only one third Propeller blades are really just small wings which create lift horizontally Press 'Back' to return.

Lift is the force generated by the winds of an airplane which 'holds' the plane in the air against the force of gravity Lift is affected by the speed with which the air flows over the wings.

Upward motion imparted to the ball by the fingers at release.

The force opposed to gravity, which is perpendicular to the wind and in the plane of symmetry.

The aerodynamic force that 'pulls' the BLADEs of a windmill and causes them to rotate F - portance S - impulsion.

Wind shift during which the wind enters the boat from further back It allows the helmsman to head up or alter course to windward, or the crew to ease the sheets.

The maximum number of airline seats available to a specific destination during a specific period 2 The aerodynamic force that makes it possible for a plane to fly 3 Brit An elevator.

Term for the aerodynamic force created by air flowing around and airfoil that is equal to or greater than the weight of the aircraft It acts opposite to the force of gravity.

The component of the aerodynamic force acting on an aircraft, perpendicular to the relative wind, which causes an aircraft to rise in altitude.

The lift is a force acting perpendicular to the direction of flight The lift is equal to the fluid density multiplied by the circulation about the airfoil and the free stream velocity In level flight, the lift developed by an airplane's must be equal to the weight of the entire airplane.

An illegal contact, resulting when the ball is in contact with the player for too long.

An aerodynamic force created by airflow over the wings or fins of an aerospace vehicle.

That component of the total aerodynamic force acting on a body perpendicular to the undisturbed airflow relative to the body.

The action of the rear end of the vehicle to rise during braking.

Lift is a awarded as the result of a wiring or as a consequence of advanced play The ball concerned can be played from where it lies or played on to the lawn from either baulk line.

The force exerted by moving air on asymmetrically-shaped wind generator blades at right angles to the direction of relative movement Ideally, wind generator blades should produce high Lift and low Drag.

Refers to the vertical component of a bowler's release.

The force that exerts an upward pull.

The upward motion with your fingers at the point of release.

Elevator , lift.

Transportation of people or goods by air.

Ride in a car; 'he gave me a lift home'.

The act of raising something; 'he responded with a lift of his eyebrow'; 'fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up'.

Raise from a lower to a higher position; 'Raise your hands'; 'Lift a load'.

Take hold of something and move it to a different location; 'lift the box onto the table'.